Clothesline holder



Feb.l 2 1926.

w..| KELLY cLoTHEsLINE HOLDER Eli-lend Nov, 4, 1924 Patented Feb. Z, 1926.

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reinar 'WILLIAM L. KELLY, on OLYPHANT, rnnnsvnvnnin, Assicfnon 'ro resins n. Monia, or sonanron, PENNSYLVANIA;

Application filed November 4, 1924.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. KELLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Olyphant, in the county of Lackawanna, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in `Clothesline Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention ,relates to new and useful improvements in holding and securing devices for clothes lines or the like and is particularly directed to the provision of such a device wherein the clothes line is clamped by the tension of the line.

It is the object of the present invention to provide such a. device with which a clothes line may be readily engaged and adjusted as desired and which is exceedingly simple in structure so as to prove durable in use and capable of cheap manufacture.

lilith the above and other objects in view, the inventions reside more particularly in t-he novel combination, formation and arrangement of parts as more fully described hereinafter and pointed out in the appended claim.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings wherein similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure l is a side elevation of the improved clothes line holder, showing a. line held therein.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view taken longitudinally through the device.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the body portion of the device.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the locking dog.

Referring more particularly to the accompanying drawings, the device is shown as comprising a bracket formed of an attaching plate 5 provided with suitable openings 6 for receiving the securing means for the plate, and an arm 7 extending late-rally from the central port-ion of the device and having its free end bifurcated to form the spaced furcations 8, the free end of these furcations being connected by a. cylindrical pivot bar portion 9, which forms the front Serial No. 747,871.

wall of the opening in the free end of the bracket.

There is also provided a compound curved clamping dog which is disposed between the furcations 8 and has one end directed inwardly to underlie the rear wall of the opening o-f the bracket and in clamping relation as to the clamping face of the bracket directly adjacent to the rear wall of the said opening, said underlying end portion of the dog is provided with teeth l1 to assist in clamping rope between said inwardly directed end and the inner connecting portion of the furcations which forms the clamping face above referred to, the extremity of this end being provided with a groove l2 for holding the rope in place. The dog is provided in its face directly above the teeth ll, with a longitudinal groove lt which extends through its upper end while the opposite or front portion of the dog is provided with y" longitudinally spaced ears l5 and an intervening groove 16 which pivotally receives the cylindrical frontwall portion or bar 9 of the bracket.

In the operation of the invent-ion, the rope is inserted between the dog and the connecting portion of the fur'cations and by this tension swings the dog on the portion 9 to clamp the rope between the toothed lower end portion of the bracket and the opposite gripping face of the bracket. By pulling on the rope below the lower end of the dog, this clamping relation is broken and the rope may be readily stretched.

An exceedingly simple device has thus been provided and will eiiciently perform the functions set forth. rIhe device as shown is exceedingly simple comprising as it does only two castings which are assembled without the necessity of providing a pivot pin or other connecting means.

What is claimed is:

The combination with a base having an arm extending therefrom, said arm having a vertical opening in its free end portion, the outer side of the opening being cylindrical and the rear wall of the opening being continued below the arm with a resultant griping face, of a compound curved clamping dog disposed within said opening with one extremity underlying said arm and the continued wall of said openino` said underlying portion having transversely extending gripl Si) ping teeth, said compound `curved dog being longitudinally grooved from the teeth to and through its opposite end portion and said compound curved dog having longitudinally spaced ears extending from its face opposite of the Curved portion, said ezt-rs pivotally embracing the cylindrical front Side of said opening whereby movement of the upper end of the compound curved dog in a direction away from the bracket will Swing the teeth in the direction of and beneath the gripping face of the Continued wall of said opening 4and the eared face of the compound member against said cylindrical portion.

In testimony whereof, I afix my signature.

VILLIAM L. KELLY. 

